(c’71-’73) Rendle Francis (guitar), Haydn Betchley (keyboards), Eric ‘Ferric’ Gosling (vocals), Gordon Travis (bass), and Steve Purton (drums).
Forming in mid-’71, this 5-piece Godalming / Haselmere band rehearsed in the hall at the back of St Mark’s, Ockford Ridge, Godalming, where they helped out with lighting and effects for some of the youth group presentations, such as “Passiontide” and “Where to Go”.
On 25 March ’72 the band, mistakenly listed as Tempest Fuget on tickets and accompanied at times by dancers Susan Blackledge and Kink Bura, played for three hours at the Village Hall, Chiddingfold to a crowd approximately 300 teenagers. This performance secured the band a monthly booking at the Chiddingfold hall. They were certainly there on 1 July ’72 as part of the Chiddingfold Carnival.
The band continued as a 4-piece after Betchley left. Gosling, who was known for a growling vocal style, later played with Manhole, The Riff Power Blues Band and is still gigging around Godalming in Cryin’ Out Loud. Purton moved away.
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